Clyde Phillips (screenwriter)

Clyde B. Phillips (born October 3, 1958) is a writer and producer for television and film. He has written for the shows Dexter, Shout About Movies, Suddenly Susan, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Midas Valley, and Trapper John, M.D.. He has worked as a producer on Players, Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story, If Things Were Different, Bud and Lou, and as an executive producer of the shows Dexter, Get Real, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Eddie Dodd, Police Story: Cop Killer, Houston Knights, Northstar, and Midas Valley.

Clyde B. Phillips
Clyde Phillips, 2013
Born (1958-10-03) October 3, 1958
Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
OccupationWriter and producer

Career

Phillips joined the crew of Showtime television drama Dexter as a showrunner, executive producer and writer for Season 1. He joined the crew after the pilot was already finished and he ended up reshooting some of the scenes and scrapping others. He was nominated for the Edgar award for Best Television Episode (Teleplay), for writing the episode "Crocodile".

He returned as the showrunner, executive producer and writer for the next three seasons. Phillips and the writing staff were nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for best dramatic series at the February 2008 ceremony for their work on the second season.[1][2][3] The writing staff were nominated for the same award at the February 2009 ceremony for their work on the third season.[4] Phillips and the writing staff was nominated for the WGA award a third consecutive time at the February 2010 ceremony for their work on the fourth season.[5] Phillips stepped down as show runner after the fourth season and left his role as an executive producer. He was credited as a consultant for the rest of its run, but did not directly work on the series beyond the first few episodes of season five. Dexter was nominated for 18 Emmy awards under his leadership, including three nominations for Outstanding Drama Series.[6]

Phillips joined Nurse Jackie for season five, where he served as showrunner and executive producer for its final three seasons.[7]

In 2016, he adapted the Danish series Bankerot into the AMC series Feed the Beast.[8] The series was canceled after one season.

In 2020, it was announced that Phillips would return as showrunner for a 10 episode Dexter revival, due to premiere in fall 2021. [9]

References
  1. "2008 Writers Guild Awards Television & Radio Nominees Announced". WGA. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-12-19. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
  2. Perry, Byron (2007-12-12). "WGA announce TV, radio nominees". Variety. Archived from the original on 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
  3. "HBO tops WGA awards list with five noms". The Hollywood Reporter. 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
  4. "2009 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced". WGA. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-12-12. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
  5. Gregg Mitchell & Sherry Goldman (2009). "2010 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced". Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 2010-07-03. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  6. http://www.emmys.com/shows/dexter
  7. Nellie Andreeva (2012). "Showtime Renews 'Nurse Jackie' for Fifth Season with Clyde Phillips as Showrunner". Deadline. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  8. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5363766/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. Michael Ausiello (2020). "'Dexter' Revival Ordered at Showtime; Michael C. Hall Returning for 10-Episode Limited Series". TV Line. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
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